Guest chuckandsharon@rogers.com Posted April 22, 2021 at 10:38 PM Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 at 10:38 PM If a non voting member of the board is attending meeting when are they allowed to speak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:19 AM Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:19 AM I have no idea what a "non voting member of the board" is. I cannot imagine anybody being willing to suffer such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:47 AM Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:47 AM 26 minutes ago, Rob Elsman said: I have no idea what a "non voting member of the board" is. I cannot imagine anybody being willing to suffer such a thing. Oh, it is not that uncommon in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:55 AM Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 at 12:55 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, Guest chuckandsharon@rogers.com said: If a non voting member of the board is attending meeting when are they allowed to speak? Your title refers to “guest at a meeting” but your question actually refers to non-voting members. Assuming you do have one or more “non-voting members” Who are truly members of the body board and are not guests, it is generally understood that if one or more rights of membership are denied to a particular class of members, that class retains all other rights of membership. See §1:4 of RONR (12th Ed.). Therefore, it seems to me that a nonvoting member would be able to debate exactly like all of the other members and would not be treated differently in that regard. If you can provide us with more details, we might be able to help you more. You provided very little information and the information you did provide is conflicting, such as referring to this person as a guest in your title but as a nonvoting member in your actual question. Ultimately, however, it is up to your organization to interpret its bylaws. Edited April 23, 2021 at 12:58 AM by Richard Brown Edited second sentence as indicated and added last paragraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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